March 20, 1997......Volume 26, Issue 24

Conference Center
and Inn going through transformation
May 6 marks a new beginning for Penn State in the area of hospitality. That's
the day The Nittany Lion Inn and the Penn State Conference Center Hotel
(currently The Penn State Scanticon) join forces under Penn State Hospitality
Services.

Two engineering
departments to merge by 1998
Plans are being developed for two engineering departments -- mechanical
and nuclear -- to merge, effective for the fall semester 1998. The new administrative
unit will be the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering.

University begins process
to guide development
University administrators, faculty, staff and students joined members of
the State College community and a planning consultant earlier this month
to begin the long process of updating the University Park Campus Master
Plan.